The origins of non Eucledean geometry

Here](https://youtu.be/nkvVR-sKJT8) is an essential video that distils a lot about geometry, that anyone finishing school should know.

A bit of history, a bit of philoophy, a bit of math, from ancient Greece all the way to our modern understanding of spacetime and the universe.

Well worth the time of watching the whole series.

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What would happen if we drained the Mediterranean sea?

I was reminded in the Natural History Museum in New York that the Mediterranean sea was dry at some point.

If the connection to the Atlantic Occean was cut off, it would dry again. That is why it is so salty, especially in the East, it evaporates more than it can be replenished from rivers.

It did not take too long to go from there, to this video with graphics and some speculation about the consequences of no water in the Mediterranean.

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Terracotta warriors

Here is a brief description fo the terracotta warriors. A very recent and significant archaeological discovery.

History